What a difference a day makes! It’s now green, wooded and very hilly. We are on the edge of the Catskill Mountains camped at Samuel Pryor Shawangunk Gateways (Gunks) Campground in the Mohonk Preserve. Back in bear country. We received a stern warning from the campsite manager, not to leave…
It was a very full on day today. Hectic even. Up at 6.15 am, having survived a night in Walmart’s car park. Oh dear. Once upon a time in another life, I frequented the best hotels! It seems a very distant memory. Still, it’s just somewhere to sleep. It wasn’t…
Up early. Our location by the restrooms and shower meant a flow of people passing by us, so no hanging around in bed. Several people stopped to chat and gave us advice on places we should see on our way south today. Our first stop was a look out point…
Up early at 7 am and on the road by 9. Our first stop was the Reversing Rapids Centre. So called as the strong tide from the Bay of Fundy pushes the water back upstream. The resulting disturbance to the water makes it look like rapids. We wanted to check…
It rained most of the night and was still pouring when we woke. A nuisance as we wanted to get a reasonably early start and do some sightseeing. When I opened the door to get out of the Land Rover I was met by a puddle, not quite up to…
It’s Dennis’s birthday so we have abandoned the Land Rover for the Hillcrest Hall Country Inn. A bright pink 1910 clapboard building on a hill overlooking the harbour. Originally the family home of Ebenezer Leadbetter, a local store owner during the town’s successful coal mining period. Mr Leadbetter retired to…
It wasn’t a good night. It seemed an ideal peaceful spot at the rear of the campground, next to an inlet. There was a road bridge across the water, not far away though, and the noise carried across the water. Not helped by boy racers and noisy motor bikes. Today…
Today has been much calmer than yesterday. No dramas! We left our campsite near Pokeshaw early, at 09.00. We thought the owner would either come and ask us for money, or to move on, but we saw no sign of him. As none of the facilities were working and all…
I made the most of the comforts of our motel room this morning A bathmat to step out of the shower on to, instead of a muddy floor. A coffee machine. These sort of things don’t bother Dennis, but from a lady’s point of view, such little details are important!…
Our campsite was very spread out so we were miles away from the facilities. It was damp and grey when we woke, so another day of packing up a wet tent. We got everything stowed away and headed over the hill to the office, where the wifi worked and to…